The U.N. is holding the team in a bomb shelter, in the event a nuclear apocalypse necessitates that a few choice human specimens repopulate the earth (good luck, ladies, there’s a waiting list.)

The talented and photogenic Spanish squad celebrated their 2009 Davis Cup victory over the Czech Republic at an official reception with the Spanish Prime Minister at the Moncloa presidential palace in Madrid on Monday. The team included this weekend’s heroes: Fernando Verdasco, David Ferrer, Rafael Nadal and Feliciano Lopez along with Tommy Robredo and Juan Carlos Ferrero.

Men in Suits!

After much consideration, I can only assume that Tommy Robredo is hiding a hickey behind that scarf:

“For us, it was a disappointing weekend,” Stepanek said. “We came here to fight for our chance to win the Davis Cup. But we have to say the Spanish team was very strong for us in front of a home crowd and on clay.”

“They had everything on their side, and we did fight with everything we had, for our pride, and we can keep our head up. We all enjoyed playing this final in front of such a crowd and the atmosphere was just amazing.” (via DavisCup.com)

Some final Davis Cup tidbits – each player’s chosen intro song for the weekend (via Sandra Harwitt at DavisCup.com):

The Spanish team:

Rafael Nadal asked for “Live is Life,” the biggest hit from the Austrian band Opus